Chris Dodd: “And let me underscore the comment made by Chairman Kerry.”

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

It's far more complicated than a common language.

The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.

In fact, it was the uncertainty inherent in a nontransparent and reckless financial system that made Dodd-Frank necessary in the first place.